Sentence examples for on a stake from inspiring English sources

In the cruellest sequence, Firth, diverting slightly from his role in "Pride and Prejudice" (1995), goes berserk in a church, shooting or stabbing half the congregation, burying a hatchet in the skull of one woman, and impaling the preacher on a stake.

But also, a thing to keep in mind, is that in all of those Tumblr screeds and annoying Facebook rants no one called for Tosh's head on a stake.

One sign carried by protesters depicted Mr. Blankfein's severed head on a stake.

This week Alibaba spent $215m on a stake in Tango, an American messaging app.

Shamrock also lost an estimated $10 million on a stake in the Grand Union supermarket chain.

(Though admittedly it's hard to go anywhere with your head on a stake).

The ghoulish scene had an unedifying head-on-a-stake feel to it but it was also a collective closure for residents of a city that had suffered more than any other during eight grinding months of civil war.

Learn Renaissance lingo over authentic faire fare like turkey legs, steak-on-a-stake, and mugs full of ale.

But governments seem determined to hold on to a stake of at least 51%.

Bridgepoint now owns an undefined majority stake in Pret A Manger, with advisor Goldman Sachs taking on a minority stake.

In May the government ratcheted up its scrutiny of the company after taking on a 34% stake.